An office cleaner who had a singing voice and
business plan went from earning £4 an hour to becoming the boss of a £500,000
internet venture.

Pippa Scholes, 27, who mopped, dusted and
polished at Internet company Phase8.com, begged Chief Executive John Sewell to
visit the site she set up to showcase her singing voice.

Sewell eventually gave in and when he took a
look he was blown away. ''Her original Website was very promising but she was
limited by resources. Now we have relaunched her site as a long-term business
project,'' he said.

Pippa's site not only features her, it
provides a showcase for other women artists trying to make it in the music
industry.

Visitors to the site can listen to 90-second
snippets of songs and then download an album for about six pounds. Scholes was
appointed creative director of the site and will receive a salary of
£25,000.